usurpation
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He even borrowed seven lines of her story "Usurpation" for his novella "Westward the Course of Empire."
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2012
So it was understood, without dispute and without distinction, until the argument of a case in the High Court of Justice, during the Usurpation.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
In vain the Empress of the Northern Zone, With arts on arts high piled her ill-gained throne: Stern Engelbert trod Usurpation down, And from the thirteenth Eric tore the crown.
From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by Walker, William Sidney
Usurpation granting amnesty to right! treason to honour! cowardice to courage! crime to virtue!
From Napoleon the Little by Hugo, Victor
And on my Knee do humbly offer up This splendid powerful thing, and ease your Fears Of Usurpation and of Tyranny.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
Vocabulary lists containing usurpation
The Declaration of Independence
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Grade 11, List 3
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"The Declaration of Independence," Vocabulary from the historical document
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